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Why didn't the United States ever adopt the metric system?

Asked by segdeha (1720points) July 14th, 2007

I remember as a kid around the time of the Bicentennial (1976), a big deal was made about how the U.S. would have fully adopted the metric system by the year 2000. But, it still hasn't happened. Why not?

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